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82-556: Sandia Peak was originally known as La Madera Ski Area, named after the nearby La Madera canyon. " La madera " is Spanish for "the wood", referring to the timber resources in the area. "Sandia Peak" is not an actual topographical peak, but rather a spur of the highpoint of the Sandia Mountains, Sandia Crest . The name "Sandia" comes from the Spanish word for watermelon: " sandía ". One theory suggests that this name came from

164-543: A conveyor . A new chair or surface lift, Chairlift #6, will be built to serve the beginner area and tubing park. Sandia Peak Ski Area was sold to Mountain Capital Partners (MCP) in early 2024 and opened for about a month with Chair #3 operating. Repairs to Chair #3 and Chair #4 were made during the summer of 2024. Sandia Peak is located in the main unit of the Cibola National Forest , and

246-598: A Spanish-based creole language called Chavacano developed in the southern Philippines. However, it is not mutually intelligible with Spanish. The number of Chavacano-speakers was estimated at 1.2 million in 1996. The local languages of the Philippines also retain significant Spanish influence, with many words derived from Mexican Spanish , owing to the administration of the islands by Spain through New Spain until 1821, until direct governance from Madrid afterwards to 1898. Disc golf ‹The template Manual

328-603: A considerable number of words from Arabic , as well as a minor influence from the Germanic Gothic language through the period of Visigoth rule in Iberia. In addition, many more words were borrowed from Latin through the influence of written language and the liturgical language of the Church. The loanwords were taken from both Classical Latin and Renaissance Latin , the form of Latin in use at that time. According to

410-458: A critical factor in course design, and are careful to minimize the danger of being hit by a flying disc while providing designs that create strategy in play and variety in shots for enjoyment. Holes are designed to require a range of different throws to challenge players with different strengths or particular skills. Many courses are central organizing points for local disc golf clubs, and some include shops selling disc golf equipment. More than 80% of

492-467: A dramatic change in the pronunciation of its sibilant consonants , known in Spanish as the reajuste de las sibilantes , which resulted in the distinctive velar [x] pronunciation of the letter ⟨j⟩ and—in a large part of Spain—the characteristic interdental [θ] ("th-sound") for the letter ⟨z⟩ (and for ⟨c⟩ before ⟨e⟩ or ⟨i⟩ ). See History of Spanish (Modern development of

574-482: A first language by Spaniards and educated Filipinos ( Ilustrados ). Despite a public education system set up by the colonial government, by the end of Spanish rule in 1898, only about 10% of the population had knowledge of Spanish, mostly those of Spanish descent or elite standing. Spanish continued to be official and used in Philippine literature and press during the early years of American administration after

656-458: A food service yurt , two ziplines , and a mountain coaster (a type of tracked sled ride), which was to be built at the summit in the summer of 2022, but was placed on hold that year due to world events and public misconceptions of ecological impact. When finished, it will provide additional year-around recreation at the resort. The coaster will be the first mountain coaster in New Mexico and

738-492: A given hole or a group of holes (usually 9 or 18). The game is played in about 40 countries and, as of April 26, 2023, there are 107,853 active members of the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) worldwide. Modern disc golf started in the early 1960s, but there is debate over who came up with the idea first. The consensus is that multiple groups of people played independently throughout

820-636: A lift ticket on Constam was $ 3.50, and ski lessons were $ 3. In 1951, ownership of La Madera was transferred to the City of Albuquerque for the 1951-52 ski season, and subsequently lost money during the operation. The following season, ownership was transferred back to the Albuquerque Ski Club, which then turned a profit of $ 2,500. In 1958, Nordhaus and his business partner, balloonist Ben Abruzzo , who had helped turn Albuquerque into an international ballooning destination , purchased La Madera from

902-478: A long history in the territory of the current-day United States dating back to the 16th century. In the wake of the 1848 Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty , hundreds of thousands of Spanish speakers became a minoritized community in the United States. The 20th century saw further massive growth of Spanish speakers in areas where they had been hitherto scarce. According to the 2020 census, over 60 million people of

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984-508: A primarily Hassaniya Arabic -speaking territory, Spanish was officially spoken as the language of the colonial administration during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Today, Spanish is present in the partially-recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as its secondary official language, and in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf ( Algeria ), where the Spanish language is still taught as

1066-617: A second language features characteristics involving the variability of the vowel system. While far from its heyday during the Spanish protectorate in Morocco , the Spanish language has some presence in northern Morocco , stemming for example from the availability of certain Spanish-language media. According to a 2012 survey by Morocco's Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES), penetration of Spanish in Morocco reaches 4.6% of

1148-531: A second language, largely by Cuban educators. The number of Spanish speakers is unknown. Spanish is also an official language of the African Union . Spanish was an official language of the Philippines from the beginning of Spanish administration in 1565 to a constitutional change in 1973. During Spanish colonization , it was the language of government, trade, and education, and was spoken as

1230-614: A total of 6 lifts. 1 aerial tramway 4 double chairlifts 1 surface lifts The named ski runs at the resort include: Spanish language This is an accepted version of this page Spanish ( español ) or Castilian ( castellano ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe . Today, it

1312-416: Is cognate to the root word of satisfacer ("to satisfy"), and hecho ("made") is similarly cognate to the root word of satisfecho ("satisfied"). Compare the examples in the following table: Some consonant clusters of Latin also produced characteristically different results in these languages, as shown in the examples in the following table: In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish underwent

1394-436: Is Latin in origin, including Latin borrowings from Ancient Greek. Alongside English and French , it is also one of the most taught foreign languages throughout the world. Spanish is well represented in the humanities and social sciences . Spanish is also the third most used language on the internet by number of users after English and Chinese and the second most used language by number of websites after English. Spanish

1476-674: Is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain , and about 600 million when including second language speakers. Spanish is the official language of 20 countries , as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations . Spanish is the world's second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese ; the world's fourth-most spoken language overall after English , Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani ( Hindi - Urdu ); and

1558-594: Is a fixed-length double lift and has the lowest capacity of the resort's three summit-serving chairlifts, but is used as the primary lift due to its length and ability to operate in high winds. Chairlift #2 will be converted to foot traffic only to serve the Four Seaseons Activity Area. Chairlift #3, which provides redundant base-to-summit service, will be retained for redundancy, or eventually decommissioned. Beginner Chairlift #4 will also be retained. The Mitey Mite handle tow (#5) will be replaced with

1640-489: Is also planned for the activity area. The plans were drafted by the resort and approved by the Forest Service in 2017. Notice of Initiation was given on November 7, 2019. Public input for the project was accepted until March 31, 2021. Construction was expected to begin after the 2021-22 season, with opening in summer/fall 2022, but was placed on temporary hold early that year. The coaster will run year-around, as long as

1722-432: Is being considered for merging .›   Disc golf , also known as frisbee golf , is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target ; it is played using rules similar to golf . The sport is usually played on a course with 9 or 18 holes (baskets). Players complete a hole by throwing a disc from a tee pad or tee area toward a basket, throwing again from where the previous throw came to rest, until

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1804-399: Is estimated that about 486 million people speak Spanish as a native language , making it the second most spoken language by number of native speakers . An additional 75 million speak Spanish as a second or foreign language , making it the fourth most spoken language in the world overall after English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindi with a total number of 538 million speakers. Spanish is also

1886-761: Is heavily influenced by Venezuelan Spanish. In addition to sharing most of its borders with Spanish-speaking countries, the creation of Mercosur in the early 1990s induced a favorable situation for the promotion of Spanish language teaching in Brazil . In 2005, the National Congress of Brazil approved a bill, signed into law by the President , making it mandatory for schools to offer Spanish as an alternative foreign language course in both public and private secondary schools in Brazil. In September 2016 this law

1968-632: Is patroled by the Sandia Peak Ski Patrol (SPSP), a unit of the National Ski Patrol . Lodging for the resort is provided at Sandia Park to the east and in Albuquerque to the west. No camping is allowed in the forest. Sandia Peak hosts skiers of all skills and ages. Ice skating, cross country, endurance skiing, and uphill and downhill skiing and snowboarding is accommodated at the resort. No tubes or sleds are allowed at

2050-844: Is spoken by very small communities in Angola due to Cuban influence from the Cold War and in South Sudan among South Sudanese natives that relocated to Cuba during the Sudanese wars and returned for their country's independence. Spanish is also spoken in the integral territories of Spain in Africa, namely the cities of Ceuta and Melilla and the Canary Islands , located in the Atlantic Ocean some 100 km (62 mi) off

2132-406: Is surrounded by Hudsonian Zone heavy forest of Engelmann spruce , white oak , quaking aspen , white fir , juniper , and ponderosa pine . The resort is accessed from the east side of the mountains via Sandia Crest Rd ( NM 536 ), which provides access to the base of the ski area, and from the west side via the tramway, which takes riders on a 15-minute trip from the eastern edge of Albuquerque to

2214-813: Is the de facto national language of the country, Spanish is often used in public services and notices at the federal and state levels. Spanish is also used in administration in the state of New Mexico . The language has a strong influence in major metropolitan areas such as those of Los Angeles , Miami , San Antonio , New York , San Francisco , Dallas , Tucson and Phoenix of the Arizona Sun Corridor , as well as more recently, Chicago , Las Vegas , Boston , Denver , Houston , Indianapolis , Philadelphia , Cleveland , Salt Lake City , Atlanta , Nashville , Orlando , Tampa , Raleigh and Baltimore-Washington, D.C. due to 20th- and 21st-century immigration. Although Spanish has no official recognition in

2296-488: Is the official Spanish language of the State. ... The other Spanish languages shall also be official in their respective Autonomous Communities... The Royal Spanish Academy ( Real Academia Española ), on the other hand, currently uses the term español in its publications. However, from 1713 to 1923, it called the language castellano . The Diccionario panhispánico de dudas (a language guide published by

2378-542: Is used as an official language by many international organizations , including the United Nations , European Union , Organization of American States , Union of South American Nations , Community of Latin American and Caribbean States , African Union , among others. In Spain and some other parts of the Spanish-speaking world, Spanish is called not only español but also castellano (Castilian),

2460-578: Is usually assumed to be derived from castillo ('castle'). In the Middle Ages , the language spoken in Castile was generically referred to as Romance and later also as Lengua vulgar . Later in the period, it gained geographical specification as Romance castellano ( romanz castellano , romanz de Castiella ), lenguaje de Castiella , and ultimately simply as castellano (noun). Different etymologies have been suggested for

2542-536: The Sandia Mountains at Tree Springs in 1935. The club then opened La Madera Ski Area in 1936 with a 1,500 foot (460 m) rope tow . Two trips on the rope tow cost 50 cents. The following year, a second rope tow was installed to Panoramic Point, and a ski lodge , built with the help of members of the CCC , was constructed. In 1939, La Madera hosted New Mexico 's first downhill ski race. The resort closed to

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2624-568: The Spanish as a First Foreign Language (SAFFL) initiative in March 2005. Spanish has historically had a significant presence on the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba , Bonaire and Curaçao ( ABC Islands ) throughout the centuries and in present times. The majority of the populations of each island (especially Aruba) speaking Spanish at varying although often high degrees of fluency. The local language Papiamentu (Papiamento on Aruba)

2706-508: The Spanish–American War but was eventually replaced by English as the primary language of administration and education by the 1920s. Nevertheless, despite a significant decrease in influence and speakers, Spanish remained an official language of the Philippines upon independence in 1946, alongside English and Filipino , a standardized version of Tagalog . Spanish was briefly removed from official status in 1973 but reimplemented under

2788-449: The "Four Seasons Activity Area", will provide additional recreation at the resort year-around. The area will be located at the southwest part of the property, near the summit. Included will be two ziplines, one of which will closely follow Chairlift #2. The lift itself will be converted to foot traffic only, exclusively serving the activity area. A service yurt will provide additional food service. A 4,200 foot (1,300 m) mountain coaster

2870-843: The 1960s. Students at Rice University in Houston, Texas, for example, held tournaments with trees as targets as early as 1964, and in the early 1960s, players in Pendleton King Park in Augusta, Georgia , would toss Frisbees into 50-gallon barrel trash cans designated as targets. In 1968 Frisbee Golf was also played in Alameda Park in Santa Barbara, California , by teenagers in the Anacapa and Sola street areas. Gazebos, water fountains, lamp posts, and trees were all part of

2952-404: The 2021–2022 school year alone. The local business process outsourcing industry has also helped boost the language's economic prospects. Today, while the actual number of proficient Spanish speakers is around 400,000, or under 0.5% of the population, a new generation of Spanish speakers in the Philippines has likewise emerged, though speaker estimates vary widely. Aside from standard Spanish,

3034-595: The 20th century, Spanish was introduced to Equatorial Guinea and the Western Sahara , and to areas of the United States that had not been part of the Spanish Empire, such as Spanish Harlem in New York City . For details on borrowed words and other external influences upon Spanish, see Influences on the Spanish language . Spanish is the primary language in 20 countries worldwide. As of 2023, it

3116-564: The 9th century, and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo , a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile , in the 13th century. Spanish colonialism in the early modern period spurred the introduction of the language to overseas locations, most notably to the Americas. As a Romance language, Spanish is a descendant of Latin. Around 75% of modern Spanish vocabulary

3198-482: The Cibola National Forest is also located in the terminal, as well as a ski patrol station. Adjacent to the terminal, at an elevation of over 10,300 feet (3,100 m), or "ten-three", is a fine-dining restaurant, TEN 3 (stylized as 10|3 ), formally known as High Finance Restaurant, tagged as the "highest fine-dining experience in the nation". A mountain coaster will also be located here. The resort

3280-654: The Equatoguinean education system and is the primary language used in government and business. Whereas it is not the mother tongue of virtually any of its speakers, the vast majority of the population is proficient in Spanish. The Instituto Cervantes estimates that 87.7% of the population is fluent in Spanish. The proportion of proficient Spanish speakers in Equatorial Guinea exceeds the proportion of proficient speakers in other West and Central African nations of their respective colonial languages. Spanish

3362-705: The Iberian Peninsula. These languages included Proto-Basque , Iberian , Lusitanian , Celtiberian and Gallaecian . The first documents to show traces of what is today regarded as the precursor of modern Spanish are from the 9th century. Throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era , the most important influences on the Spanish lexicon came from neighboring Romance languages — Mozarabic ( Andalusi Romance ), Navarro-Aragonese , Leonese , Catalan/Valencian , Portuguese , Galician , Occitan , and later, French and Italian . Spanish also borrowed

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3444-540: The Old Spanish sibilants) for details. The Gramática de la lengua castellana , written in Salamanca in 1492 by Elio Antonio de Nebrija , was the first grammar written for a modern European language. According to a popular anecdote, when Nebrija presented it to Queen Isabella I , she asked him what was the use of such a work, and he answered that language is the instrument of empire. In his introduction to

3526-589: The Royal Spanish Academy) states that, although the Royal Spanish Academy prefers to use the term español in its publications when referring to the Spanish language, both terms— español and castellano —are regarded as synonymous and equally valid. The term castellano is related to Castile ( Castilla or archaically Castiella ), the kingdom where the language was originally spoken. The name Castile , in turn,

3608-502: The U.S. population were of Hispanic or Hispanic American by origin. In turn, 41.8 million people in the United States aged five or older speak Spanish at home, or about 13% of the population. Spanish predominates in the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico , where it is also an official language along with English. Spanish is by far the most common second language in the country, with over 50 million total speakers if non-native or second-language speakers are included. While English

3690-457: The administration of Ferdinand Marcos two months later. It remained an official language until the ratification of the present constitution in 1987, in which it was re-designated as a voluntary and optional auxiliary language. Additionally, the constitution, in its Article XIV, stipulates that the Government shall provide the people of the Philippines with a Spanish-language translation of

3772-522: The appearance of the mountains from the Rio Grande Valley below: an inverted watermelon slice-shaped range with a ridge of green forest at the top (the "rind"). The exposed granite of the range, the Sandia granite , appears pink with the setting sun. The Albuquerque Ski Club, founded by Robert Nordhaus, a lawyer and father of Nobel Prize-winning economist William Nordhaus , cleared ski runs in

3854-417: The basket is reached. The baskets are formed by wire with hanging chains above the basket, designed to catch the incoming discs, which then fall into the basket. Usually, the number of throws a player uses to reach each basket is tallied (often in relation to par ), and players seek to complete each hole in the lowest number of total throws. Par is the number of strokes an expert player is expected to make for

3936-684: The classic hispanus or hispanicus took the suffix -one from Vulgar Latin , as happened with other words such as bretón (Breton) or sajón (Saxon). Like the other Romance languages , the Spanish language evolved from Vulgar Latin , which was brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans during the Second Punic War , beginning in 210 BC. Several pre-Roman languages (also called Paleohispanic languages )—some distantly related to Latin as Indo-European languages , and some that are not related at all—were previously spoken in

4018-412: The club. During this time, lift tickets were $ 3.50 per day and $ 25 for a season pass. A six-day lesson cost $ 12. Sandia Crest Rd, which replaced the old dirt road between Sandia Park and La Madera, was constructed in 1960. It improved access to the resort dramatically, helping turn a trip of "several hours of potholes and mud to an easy 45 minute drive". Sections of the old dirt road are still visible to

4100-500: The consonant written b (a bilabial with plosive and fricative allophones). In modern Spanish, there is no difference between the pronunciation of orthographic b and v . Typical of Spanish (as also of neighboring Gascon extending as far north as the Gironde estuary , and found in a small area of Calabria ), attributed by some scholars to a Basque substratum was the mutation of Latin initial f into h- whenever it

4182-404: The country's constitution. In recent years changing attitudes among non-Spanish speaking Filipinos have helped spur a revival of the language, and starting in 2009 Spanish was reintroduced as part of the basic education curriculum in a number of public high schools, becoming the largest foreign language program offered by the public school system, with over 7,000 students studying the language in

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4264-404: The course. This took place for several years and an Alameda Park collectors edition disc still exists, though rare, as few were made. Clifford Towne from this group went on to hold a National Time Aloft record. Ed Headrick , also known as "Steady" Ed Headrick, (June 28, 1924 – August 12, 2002) was an American toy inventor. He is most well known as the father of both the modern-day Frisbee and of

4346-563: The courses listed on Disc Golf Course Review are listed as public and free to play. Three countries account for 85% of all disc golf courses worldwide: the United States (75%), Finland (7%) and Canada (3%). Other notable countries include Sweden and Estonia , which has the highest density of disc golf courses per km of dry land of any country and the second-highest number of courses per capita. Iceland and Finland have 150 and 111 courses per million inhabitants, respectively. Outside

4428-650: The first disc golf company, the Disc Golf Association (DGA). The purpose of DGA was to manufacture discs and baskets and to formalize the sport. The first disc golf target was Ed's pole hole design which consisted of a pole sticking out of the ground. Most disc golf courses have 9 or 18 holes, and exceptions most often have holes in multiples of three. Courses with 6, 10, 12, 21, 24 or 27 holes are not uncommon. The PDGA recommends that courses average 200–400 ft (61–122 m) per hole, with holes no shorter than 100 ft (30 m). The longest holes in

4510-683: The following table: Spanish is marked by palatalization of the Latin double consonants ( geminates ) nn and ll (thus Latin annum > Spanish año , and Latin anellum > Spanish anillo ). The consonant written u or v in Latin and pronounced [w] in Classical Latin had probably " fortified " to a bilabial fricative /β/ in Vulgar Latin. In early Spanish (but not in Catalan or Portuguese) it merged with

4592-466: The former British colony of Belize (known until 1973 as British Honduras ) where English is the sole official language, according to the 2022 census, 54% of the total population are able to speak the language. Due to its proximity to Spanish-speaking countries and small existing native Spanish speaking minority, Trinidad and Tobago has implemented Spanish language teaching into its education system. The Trinidadian and Tobagonian government launched

4674-604: The grammar, dated 18 August 1492, Nebrija wrote that "... language was always the companion of empire." From the 16th century onwards, the language was taken to the Spanish-discovered America and the Spanish East Indies via Spanish colonization of America . Miguel de Cervantes , author of Don Quixote , is such a well-known reference in the world that Spanish is often called la lengua de Cervantes ("the language of Cervantes"). In

4756-684: The language from the Kingdom of Castile , contrasting it with other languages spoken in Spain such as Galician , Basque , Asturian , Catalan/Valencian , Aragonese , Occitan and other minor languages. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 uses the term castellano to define the official language of the whole of Spain, in contrast to las demás lenguas españolas (lit. "the other Spanish languages "). Article III reads as follows: El castellano es la lengua española oficial del Estado. ... Las demás lenguas españolas serán también oficiales en las respectivas Comunidades Autónomas... Castilian

4838-549: The language's hegemony in an intensely centralising Spanish state were established from the 18th century onward. Other European territories in which it is also widely spoken include Gibraltar and Andorra . Spanish is also spoken by immigrant communities in other European countries, such as the United Kingdom , France , Italy , and Germany . Spanish is an official language of the European Union . Today,

4920-436: The lodge, offers ramps, rails, and other obstacles for skiers and snowboarders. The resort includes 4 fixed-distance chairlifts, a handle tow for Cubby Corner, and an aerial tramway. There are 35 runs, the longest of which, Double Eagle II , is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long. Located at the summit is the upper terminal building of the tramway, as well as the upper termini of Chairlifts #1, #2, and #3. The visitor center of

5002-694: The majority of the Spanish speakers live in Hispanic America . Nationally, Spanish is the official language—either de facto or de jure —of Argentina , Bolivia (co-official with 36 indigenous languages), Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Cuba , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico (co-official with 63 indigenous languages), Nicaragua , Panama , Paraguay (co-official with Guaraní ), Peru (co-official with Quechua , Aymara , and "the other indigenous languages"), Puerto Rico (co-official with English), Uruguay , and Venezuela . Spanish language has

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5084-734: The northwest of the African mainland. The Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands traces its origins back to the Castilian conquest in the 15th century , and, in addition to a resemblance to Western Andalusian speech patterns, it also features strong influence from the Spanish varieties spoken in the Americas, which in turn have also been influenced historically by Canarian Spanish. The Spanish spoken in North Africa by native bilingual speakers of Arabic or Berber who also speak Spanish as

5166-493: The off season, and lunches are hosted at both the base and top-of-tram restaurant. Tram rides are offered Thursday through Sunday year-around, including holidays, weather permitting. The summit serves as a jump point for hang gliding . Additional planned summer activities include a climbing wall, ropes course, mountain bike trail, and the Four Seasons Activity Area. An all seasons recreation area, dubbed

5248-533: The population. Many northern Moroccans have rudimentary knowledge of Spanish, with Spanish being particularly significant in areas adjacent to Ceuta and Melilla. Spanish also has a presence in the education system of the country (through either selected education centers implementing Spain's education system, primarily located in the North, or the availability of Spanish as foreign language subject in secondary education). In Western Sahara , formerly Spanish Sahara ,

5330-471: The public at the outbreak of World War II and remained so until the war concluded. After the war, the upper rope tow was removed and a state-of-the-art T-bar lift , Constam Lift, was installed in 1946. With a rise of 1,000 feet (300 m) and length of 4,200 feet (1,300 m), it was the longest T-bar lift in the US. The ice skating rink was installed in 1947, and a bunkhouse built in 1948. During this time,

5412-530: The resort; a tubing and sledding "snow play area" is provided by the Forest Service across the highway from the resort at Capulin Spring. The Snow Sports School provides ski and snowboard lessons and the Cubby Corner school provides lessons to young children on a private slope. There is a shop for renting winter sports equipment at the ski lodge; those arriving via the tramway to the summit necessarily must bring their own equipment to ski. The resort routinely hosts races and competitions. The resort grooms and maintains

5494-442: The snow surface, and can provide for manufacturing new snow if necessary. There are numerous notable trails at the resort including the Grand Enchantment Trail , 10k Trail, Golden Eagle Trail, King of the Mountain, and the upper end of the popular La Luz Trail . The area hosts hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, bird-watching, fine-dining, and scenic viewing in the summer months. Chairlift #1 provides scenic rides throughout

5576-440: The south of the new road. In 1962 and 63, the first chairlift , aptly named Chairlift #1, was installed, and the name of the resort was changed to Sandia Peak Ski Area. Nordhaus was inspired to build an aerial tramway from Albuquerque to the ski slope after seeing other trams during a trip to Europe. Bell Engineering of Lucerne , Switzerland , was contracted to design and construct the tramway. Construction lasted two years, and

5658-443: The southernmost in the US. Also included in the plan is a new mountain bike path, climbing wall , ropes course , disc golf course, tubing park , additional terrain park, and upgrades to parking, snowmaking infrastructure, and base facilities, including a concert and lecture area. Chairlift #1, one of the oldest operating chairlifts in New Mexico, will be replaced with a detachable quad chairlift to increase capacity. Chairlift #1

5740-403: The sport and game of disc golf. In 1975, Headrick's tenure at Wham-O where he helped redesign the flying disc known as the frisbee ended, and ties between Headrick and Wham-O eventually split. Headrick left the company to start out on his own to focus all his efforts on his new interest, which he coined and trademarked "Disc Golf". In 1976, "Steady" Ed Headrick and his son Ken Headrick started

5822-461: The summit. Sandia Crest Rd is subject to closures during difficult driving condition events. The base lodge, Double Eagle II Day Lodge, contains a restaurant, gift shop, day rentals, a ski patrol station, and two ski instruction schools: Cubby corner, for children under 11; and the Snow Sports School, for students 10 and older. Cubby Corner has an eponymous private ski run with a handle tow named "Mitey Mite". Scrapyard Terrain Park , located near

5904-537: The term español (Spanish). According to the Royal Spanish Academy, español derives from the Occitan word espaignol and that, in turn, derives from the Vulgar Latin * hispaniolus ('of Hispania'). Hispania was the Roman name for the entire Iberian Peninsula . There are other hypotheses apart from the one suggested by the Royal Spanish Academy. Spanish philologist Ramón Menéndez Pidal suggested that

5986-444: The theories of Ramón Menéndez Pidal , local sociolects of Vulgar Latin evolved into Spanish, in the north of Iberia, in an area centered in the city of Burgos , and this dialect was later brought to the city of Toledo , where the written standard of Spanish was first developed, in the 13th century. In this formative stage, Spanish developed a strongly differing variant from its close cousin, Leonese , and, according to some authors,

6068-640: The third most used language on the Internet , after English and Chinese. Spanish is the official language of Spain . Upon the emergence of the Castilian Crown as the dominant power in the Iberian Peninsula by the end of the Middle Ages, the Romance vernacular associated with this polity became increasingly used in instances of prestige and influence, and the distinction between "Castilian" and "Spanish" started to become blurred. Hard policies imposing

6150-405: The tramway is open. The coaster, if built, will take riders in carts down a 2,825 foot (861 m) meandering track at speeds of up to 25–30 miles per hour (40–48 km/h). Speed will be limited by an eddy current brake . Riders will then ascend 1,375 feet (419 m) of uphill track. The total drop is 378 feet (115 m), with an average downhill grade of 13.4%. As of 2021, Sandia Peak has

6232-632: The world measure more than 1,500 ft (460 m) long. Course designers use trees, bushes, elevation changes, water hazards, and distance variation, along with out-of-bounds zones and mandatory flight paths (often referred to as "Mandos") to make each hole challenging and unique. Many courses include multiple tee positions or multiple target positions to cater to players of different ability levels. Most disc golf courses are built in more natural and less manicured environments than golf and require minimal maintenance, although some courses aim for pristine conditions. Professional course designers consider safety

6314-596: The world's most widely spoken Romance language. The country with the largest population of native speakers is Mexico . Spanish is part of the Ibero-Romance language group , in which the language is also known as Castilian ( castellano ). The group evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in

6396-469: Was aided by over 5,000 helicopter trips . Testing took an additional 60 days. Sandia Peak Tramway entered service on May 7, 1966. It is, as of 2022, the longest aerial tramway in the Americas, and remained the longest in the world until being surpassed in 2010. In 2017, the US Forest Service adopted plans outlined in the resort's 2016 master plan for a "Four Seasons Activity Area", including

6478-634: Was developed in the cities of Toledo , in the 13th to 16th centuries, and Madrid , from the 1570s. The development of the Spanish sound system from that of Vulgar Latin exhibits most of the changes that are typical of Western Romance languages , including lenition of intervocalic consonants (thus Latin vīta > Spanish vida ). The diphthongization of Latin stressed short e and o —which occurred in open syllables in French and Italian, but not at all in Catalan or Portuguese—is found in both open and closed syllables in Spanish, as shown in

6560-622: Was distinguished by a heavy Basque influence (see Iberian Romance languages ). This distinctive dialect spread to southern Spain with the advance of the Reconquista , and meanwhile gathered a sizable lexical influence from the Arabic of Al-Andalus , much of it indirectly, through the Romance Mozarabic dialects (some 4,000 Arabic -derived words, make up around 8% of the language today). The written standard for this new language

6642-713: Was followed by a vowel that did not diphthongize. The h- , still preserved in spelling, is now silent in most varieties of the language, although in some Andalusian and Caribbean dialects, it is still aspirated in some words. Because of borrowings from Latin and neighboring Romance languages, there are many f -/ h - doublets in modern Spanish: Fernando and Hernando (both Spanish for "Ferdinand"), ferrero and herrero (both Spanish for "smith"), fierro and hierro (both Spanish for "iron"), and fondo and hondo (both words pertaining to depth in Spanish, though fondo means "bottom", while hondo means "deep"); additionally, hacer ("to make")

6724-462: Was revoked by Michel Temer after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff . In many border towns and villages along Paraguay and Uruguay, a mixed language known as Portuñol is spoken. Equatorial Guinea is the only Spanish-speaking country located entirely in Africa, with the language introduced during the Spanish colonial period . Enshrined in the constitution as an official language (alongside French and Portuguese), Spanish features prominently in

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